Leslie D. Modell
les.modell@verizon.net

I am seeking a position where I can use my many years of experience to assist in achieving all aspects of an organization's policies, objectives, and initiatives. I am familiar with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures, and can apply my extensive experience and judgment to plan, organize, and complete projects on time and on budget. I am capable of performing a variety of tasks creatively and efficiently, and can lead and mentor the work of others. I will bring an extraordinary degree of creativity to any project and will employ all the latitude available to accomplish your goals.

1991 to 2007

Branch Manager,

Kent Demolition Tools
Portland, Oregon

 

  • Established and operated the company's first sales, support, and distribution facility outside of Ohio. Office was primary contact site for thirteen western states, and provided after-hours (Central and Eastern Time Zone) support for dealers and distributors.

  • Responsible for overseeing all operations, and personally handled the majority of clerical, sales, and customer support duties. Also responsible for a number of projects that were company-wide in scope and not usually considered a "branch" function:

    • Designed and implemented invoicing and inventory control system using off-the-shelf relational database software which remained in use until 1999 when the branch went online with the factory.

    • Initiated (1996), authored, and maintained company web site, as well as the sites for other company divisions. The Kent site made extensive use of Adobe® Portable Document Format files for product support. We were the first company in our industry to provide such extensive online support.

    • Developed, published, and maintained "Parts and Operation" manuals for all company hydraulic hammers, hydraulic plate compactors, and hydraulic crushing tool attachments.

    • Developed, published, and maintained product comparison guide to competitive models. Wrote article published in trade magazines which lead to the establishment of national product testing standards by C.I.M.A. now known as A.E.M.

    • Developed and maintained annual sales forecast spreadsheets published monthly for Regional Managers since 1991.

    • Created and published CD-ROM using Adobe® Acrobat software versions of all sales literature and parts/operation manuals.

Duties Included:

Product Sales

Order Entry

Invoicing

Payables

Technical Support

Inventory Control

Computer Maintenance

Sales Forecasting

Statistical Reporting

Technical Writing

Desktop Publishing

Web Design & Management

Scanning and Graphics

Software Proficiency in:

Microsoft Office Suite including:

Word

Excel

Access

Powerpoint

Outlook

Front Page

Image Composer

Adobe Acrobat Professional
AutoCad LT


1986 to 1991

Regional Sales Manager,

Kent Demolition Tools
Kent, Ohio

 

  • Traveled seven western states to develop dealer network for national manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic attachments.

  • Increased sales volume by 500%

1980 to 1986

Sales Coordinator,

Senter Tool Service
Portland, Oregon

 

  • Primary contact for sales and customer services.

  • Parts and tool purchasing and inventory control.

  • Worked with in-house manufacturing for custom products.

  • Purchased all raw materials for manufacturing facility, and ordered heat-treatment of finished products by outside vendors.

  • Built company into premier retail and wholesale distributor of pneumatic construction tools for state.